A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJ.C. Derby, 1855 - 360 oldal |
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viii. oldal
... brick - work , surrounded by the accumulated rubbish of ages , was believed to represent the identical tower , which called down the divine vengeance , and was overthrown , according to an universal tradition , by the fires of heaven ...
... brick - work , surrounded by the accumulated rubbish of ages , was believed to represent the identical tower , which called down the divine vengeance , and was overthrown , according to an universal tradition , by the fires of heaven ...
ix. oldal
... bricks , engraved stones , and a coffin of wood ; but the careful account which he drew up of the site of the ruins was of greater value , and has formed the ground - work of all subsequent inquiries into the topography of Babylon . In ...
... bricks , engraved stones , and a coffin of wood ; but the careful account which he drew up of the site of the ruins was of greater value , and has formed the ground - work of all subsequent inquiries into the topography of Babylon . In ...
x. oldal
... bricks with cuneiform characters , and some remains of building in the ravines . On a subse- quent occasion he made a general survey of the ruins , which is published in the collection of his journals , edited by his widow . With the ...
... bricks with cuneiform characters , and some remains of building in the ravines . On a subse- quent occasion he made a general survey of the ruins , which is published in the collection of his journals , edited by his widow . With the ...
xi. oldal
Austen Henry Layard. 1 INTRODUCTION . XI bricks bearing cuneiform characters , and proceeded with his journey . The fragments obtained by Mr. Rich were subsequently placed in the British Museum , and formed the principal , and indeed ...
Austen Henry Layard. 1 INTRODUCTION . XI bricks bearing cuneiform characters , and proceeded with his journey . The fragments obtained by Mr. Rich were subsequently placed in the British Museum , and formed the principal , and indeed ...
xiv. oldal
... bricks of Babylon - three very important and valuable discoveries . The actual state of our knowledge of the cuneiform character will enable us to ascertain the general contents of an inscrip- tion , although probably no one can yet ...
... bricks of Babylon - three very important and valuable discoveries . The actual state of our knowledge of the cuneiform character will enable us to ascertain the general contents of an inscrip- tion , although probably no one can yet ...
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Abd-ur-rahman Abou-Salman Albanian Amadiyah ancient appeared Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Warriors Baghdad bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey Botta bricks British Museum brought building bulls cadi camels carried cawass Center Palace Chaldeans chamber CHAP chariot chief covered cuneiform cuneiform character Daoud Agha descending desert discovered discovery edifice encampment entered entrance eunuch Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments Hather head heap horsemen horses houses hytas inhabitants inscriptions irregular troops journey Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions massacre Mesopotamia monuments morning Mosul mound mountains N.W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh Ornament party pashaw Persian plain plunder probably Rassam reached remains Return to Mosul river rode rubbish ruins S. W. corner sacred scarcely sculptures Selamiyah Shammar sheikh side Sir Stratford slabs Sofuk stones Syria tents Tigris tions Tiyari tomb town trenches tribe ulema uncovered valley village walls wandered winged figures women workmen Xenophon Yezidis Zaweetha СНАР
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52. oldal - They could find no better type of intellect and knowledge than the head of the man ; of strength, than the body of the lion ; of rapidity of motion, than the wings of the bird. These winged human-headed lions were not idle creations, the offspring of mere fancy ; their meaning was written upon them.
54. oldal - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
54. oldal - Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness, and flocks lie down in the midst of her : all the beasts of the nations, both the cormorant and bittern, lodge in the upper lintels of it ; their voice sings in the windows ; and desolation is in the thresholds.
5. oldal - He has left the land where nature is still lovely, where, in his mind's eye, he can rebuild the temple or the theatre, half doubting whether they would have made a more grateful impression upon' the senses than the ruin before him. He is now at a loss to give any form to the rude heaps upon which he is gazing.
xv. oldal - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
49. oldal - They had uncovered the upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that the head must belong to a winged lion or bull, similar to those of Khorsabad and Persepolis.
51. oldal - I ascertained by the end of March the existence of a second pair of winged human-headed lions, differing from those previously discovered in form, the human shape being continued to the waist and furnished with arms. In one hand each figure carried a goat or stag, and in the other, which hung down by the side, a branch with three flowers.
47. oldal - Bey," exclaimed one of them — " hasten to the diggers, for they have found Nimrod himself. "Wallah, it is wonderful, but it is true ! we have seen him with our eyes. There is no God but God...
5. oldal - Greek, have left no visible traces of their civilization, or of their arts : their influence has long since passed away. The more he conjectures, the more vague the results appear. The scene around is worthy of the ruin he is contemplating ; desolation meets desolation ; a feeling of awe succeeds to wonder ; for there is nothing to relieve the mind, to lead to hope, or to tell of what has gone by. These huge mounds of Assyria made a deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more serious thought and...
52. oldal - Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.